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Let’s celebrate each other!

We are proud to once again bring our community together for SUNY Erie Celebrates, an inspiring morning honoring the Distinguished Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Students who embody the mission of SUNY Erie and the ECC Foundation: to help Erie County and its people thrive through the power of education.

January 14, 2027

Salvatore’s Italian Gardens

6461 Transit Road
Tickets: $65 per person | $520 for a table of 8

We hope you’ll join us!

Tickets on sale soon!

2027 Nominations are Open!

Community Hero

https://forms.gle/6xrwqApHQnUSbuHo9

Distinguished Alumni

https://forms.gle/oSULuCrXoBjf76Bn9

Heart of SUNY Erie Student

https://forms.gle/7LBNFHcNMvZ6fVCV9

SUNY Erie Staff Service Award

https://forms.gle/We9GbjbE9PTcwUAP7

SUNY Erie Faculty Service Award

https://forms.gle/yWHCVUrUFfwx2x1TA

We hope you’ll join us!

2026 Honorees:

✨ Distinguished Alumni & Community Hero
Scott Bieler – President & CEO, West Herr Automotive Group

✨ Distinguished Alumni
Tara Burgess – President & CEO, EPIC

✨ SUNY Erie Faculty
Jason Januszkiewicz- Professor, Business Administration

✨ SUNY Erie Faculty
Andrew Sako – Chair, Building Trades

✨ Student – Heart of SUNY Erie
Ilmira Pazailova ‘26

✨ Inaugural KAT Scholar of Excellence
Tai Washington

 ✨ Community Heroes
AJ Baynes –President and CEO, Amherst Chamber of Commerce

Darnell Haywood – Community Responsibility Officer, BankOnBuffalo

Elizabeth McPartland – President and CEO, Child & Family Services

WNY Foster Closet